An EOS 3D Mention [CR1]

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<strong>The myth!


</strong>The EOS 3D gets another mention over at <a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/Canon_3d.html" target="_blank">Northlight</a>, this time in the form of a 50+mp camera body that will appear in late 2013 or early 2014.</p>
<p>While I am pretty sure we’ll see such a camera eventually, I’m not sure when it will materialize.</p>
<p>Canon seems to be taking their time with a big megapixel camera, here’s hoping it’s because they want to get it right. I also think Canon is getting the “popular” lenses upgraded first to help get the most out of the upcoming big sensors.</p>
<p>Source: [<a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/Canon_3d.html" target="_blank">NL</a>]</p>
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[Quasimodo]

I love the fact that they have placed a non-existing lens on the picture

 

[FunPhotons]

Put that in a 1DX body and I'd be a happy camper.

 

[Ricku]

1D size? Bleh.

Put it in a 5D body and I'll cry rivers of joy.
Put it in a weather sealed rebel body, and i'll trade my soul for it.

 

[fpdv01]

Canon will definitely need a faster DIGIC processor (or two?) for any higher Megapixel camera.
They may be waiting for that new DIGIC processor to be completed before releasing a "EOS 3D".

Just look at the bottleneck that a Nikon D800 has to go through to get only 4 fps!

 

[Ellen Schmidtee]

Canon has eight lines of DSLR bodies (xxxxD, xxxD, xxD, four single digit bodies, and EOS-M) requiring two lines of lenses, exclusive of video cameras.

Isn't Canon already stretching itself thin enough w/o starting another line of bodies?

 

[Chosenbydestiny]

Can the design get any rounder? =P

 

[sanj]

Put that in a 1DX body and I'd be a happy camper.

+1

 

[Dylan777]

I can see myself transfering 200-300 raw files into my laptop.... ???

 

[tron]

While I am pretty sure we’ll see such a camera eventually, I’m not sure when it will materialize.</p>

Taken from:
The Mathematics of Monkeys and Shakespeare ;D ( http://www.nutters.org/docs/monkeys )

I don't know who it was that first talked about the possibility of monkeys typing randomly on typewriters producing Hamlet entirely by chance, but it is an argument that I have often heard. "Sure it's unlikely," I'm told, "but given enough time and enough monkeys, it would happen."

Ok. seriously there is a slightly higher possibility that Canon 3D will materialize eventually. But this could be a nice CR0 rumor for now ;D

 

[bdunbar79]

Northlight has had more false predictions than true. Have they ever predicted anything that came true? How did that 1Ds Mark IV turn out last year?

 

[EYEONE]

So if Canon releases a 50+mp camera does that mean for sure that they have started using a new manufacturing process? Could they get 50mp out of their current process?

 

[kirillica]

if they say "end of 2013", then at the end of 2014 may be we see specs and in 2015 I'll buy one

 

[neech7]

i'll trade my soul for it.

Really? Might want to rethink that.

 

[Ricku]

i'll trade my soul for it.

Really? Might want to rethink that.

Really? You registered just to tell me that? :

But in all seriousness. The price tag on this camera will give me no choice, so farewell my dear soul!

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

1D size? Bleh.

Put it in a 5D body and I'll cry rivers of joy.

+1

By the time this gets released (late 2014??? perhaps earlier though since rumors claim they are going back to the old keep it secret until it is near ready to ship thing (when they did that people complained GIVE US A CLUE WHAT IS COMING! and then when they finally started doing that people complained IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT YOU TELL US WHAT IS COMING A YEAR AHEAD, EVERYTHING IS LATE!) it may be only sixth months to the 5D4.

That could actually be bad since they'd have to dumify the 5D4 to make this new higher tier but not yet 1 series tier look good. Where does it fit by then?

Unless maybe it is: 3D 50MP 6fps, big, ultra sensor, 1DX price (if they fit it into a 5D-sized body and had price lower than 1DX that would be awesome though). 1DX2 is 27MP 14fps, big, ultra sensor, 1X price. 5D4 is 32/39MP 7-8/6fps with perfect 4k video (4x MP as on the C100), small, ultra sensor (the higher MP option there starts making the 3D look questionable though). ultra sensor = finally a new fab and design that gives great low ISO DR. Still seems very weird they'd use 3D as a name though, so I doubt that. 1. 3D not delivering 3D doesn't work well in this day and age. 2. It seems less like an EOS 3 than what the 5 series has become.

That mysterious Canon pyramid slide with a missing spot almost implied that some sort of high-end mirrorless DSLR may be the next big thing though (at least after a 7D2 perhaps).

 

[zim]

40mm f1.2L ? ???

 

[rpt]

i'll trade my soul for it.

Really? Might want to rethink that.

Really? You registered just to tell me that? :

<snip!>

Focus man, focus! He is trying to save your soul and you have a problem with that! Man!!!!

 

[Malte_P]

So if Canon releases a 50+mp camera does that mean for sure that they have started using a new manufacturing process? Could they get 50mp out of their current process?

i guess they could.. but the quality would be not good.

as mentioned elsewhere they can´t shrink the readout electronics anymore with the current process.
so i guess the light sensitive area of the sensor would be much smaller then with a 180nm process, to fit the readout onto the sensor too.


would be nice to know (for sure) what process they used for the 120MP APS-H sensor.

 

[dendowling]

I agree with above post, naming the camera '3D' sounds like a really bad idea if it does not have any 3-D image features. Sure, some Canon users will understand the naming history. But, everyone else will be confused or annoyed with a camera called the 'EOS 3D' that does not shoot in 3-D - it sounds dumb. I hope Canon knows better than to use that name. It's a marketing fail waiting to happen.